Despite my blog silence, I’ve been knitting like CRAZY. The Stackable Cats are almost finished (pictures forthcoming); they only need to be slightly felted, stuffed, and sewn. I’ve begun a filet crochet bookmark which will hopefully turn out well(ish), and on the things-to-do-for-people front I’ve two mailled bears and a pair of maille glove-backs to do. Luckily, I have a week-ish off from life (yay!) so I can focus on getting all that stuff done!

Until then, have a picture of the panda with his mommy, who named him Seamus.

Seamus and his Mum

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Well, I fail on that “soon” update, and totally forgot to take pictures of Mr Fuzzybottom pre-assembly. However, I come bearing pictures!

However, I much prefer Mr Fuzzybottom sitting on his fuzzy bottom:

He’s so incredibly bright red that I’ve decided to give him a title: Mr Fuzzybottom, the Hellephant.

In other news, made an armoured panda for my friend Erin, which turned out so nicely that I took pictures of him pre-maille:

as well as post-maille:

Also, he hung out with Snorri a bit before he was shuffled off to his new mom:

Also, I’ve begun on the Stackable Cats. Details on that later, with possible pictures.

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So I FINISHED the bellydance socks on Wednesday, YAY!

They turned out pretty well. I used this pattern with minor changes, primarily in that I used 5mm DPNs to cast on/bind off and for the two to three rows following/before. Added a new stitch every 3rd two to three rows before each bind off. If I ever make another pair, I might add slightly fewer at the very top, as it flairs a bit too much, and I also might fuss with the type of stitches… the k2p1 looks a bit funny when it’s all pulled out. BUT a very successful and not too difficult first attempt at a sock-like object!

Two weeks ago I also created something that should have made it up here a LONG time ago. I would like to introduce Snorri Sturluson, the armoured bear.

Two points if you know where the name is from. Snorri is a crocheted body made from wool yarn with mailled… well, maille, of nickel silver. Once again, the pattern was okay, but if I do it again I think I’ll just develop my own.

FINALLY, I’ve been mailling like a mofo the past few days, and THIS is the result:

3 bronze and 3 aluminium byzantine bracelets, 2 helix bracelets, 4 diamond bronze earrings, 4 triangle brass earrings, and 4 stainless steel earrings with beads. The bronze and brass pieces are currently sitting on my desk in a pile of ketchup to make them all shiny, and I should probably go rinse them. And then lunch. Until next time!

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